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A developer's 15-year journey culminates in Windows-free gaming through Valve's ecosystem investments. The personal account reveals how Proton compatibility, Steam Deck, and AMD hardware advancements transformed Linux gaming viability.

At the Linux Plumbers Conference, NVIDIA outlined its approach to achieving automotive safety certifications for the Linux kernel without burdening upstream developers. Their strategy focuses on non-invasive changes to meet ASIL-B requirements for critical systems like self-driving vehicles and industrial robots.

Google has developed BPF-CCX, an innovative Linux scheduler leveraging eBPF for optimized thread placement across AMD Zen core complexes. Benchmarks presented at Linux Plumbers Conference 2025 show significant gains over the default EEVDF scheduler, particularly for virtualized workloads. This approach marks a strategic shift in CPU resource management for EPYC servers and Ryzen systems.

The beta release of elementaryOS 8.1 introduces significant upgrades to security protocols, multitasking capabilities, and application management, reinforcing its reputation as a user-friendly Linux distribution. Key improvements include granular permission controls, streamlined workspace navigation, and clearer app licensing—all driven by community feedback. This update underscores the project's commitment to balancing elegance with practical functionality for both new and experienced users.

Arch Linux users with NVIDIA Pascal-era GPUs face critical driver changes as version 590 drops support for GTX 10xx series cards. The distribution now defaults to open-source kernel modules for modern GPUs, requiring manual intervention from owners of older hardware to avoid system disruptions.

Linux distributions are eliminating dangerous setuid binaries using the kernel's no_new_privs flag—a security hardening technique that prevents privilege escalation via vulnerable executables. This deep dive explores the technical implementation replacing tools like sudo and passwd with systemd services and IPC, while confronting remaining challenges in container environments.